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of course, president bush and barbara bush were there on our first night in the white house. all of us were in the house together that first night and we knew all the people there. in 1981 -- 1988, rather, when president bush was inaugurated, january of 1989, the white house florist met little barbara and jenna, who were seven. when they got too cold at the parade and wanted to come into the white house before we had left the parade and president bush and barbara had left the parade, nancy clark, the white house florist, met them at the door and took them down into the florist shop to make a little bouquet for their bedrooms where they were staying in the white house. for us, it was a wonderful sense of security to already know everyone who works there and have a friendship with them. >> laura welch in midland texas in the 1950's, did you ever imagine a life that you have had? >> never. i never would have ever thought that i would live in the white house or expected to marry someone who would become president. i think that is what happens to a lot of people. things happen in
of course, president bush and barbara bush were there on our first night in the white house. all of us were in the house together that first night and we knew all the people there. in 1981 -- 1988, rather, when president bush was inaugurated, january of 1989, the white house florist met little barbara and jenna, who were seven. when they got too cold at the parade and wanted to come into the white house before we had left the parade and president bush and barbara had left the parade, nancy...
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bush the he would dest of george and barbara bush's five children. >> he could have stayed up, gone into wall street, settled into a very comfortable life. instead he packed up mother and me and moved out to odessa, texas and i always have admired him for his pioneering spirit. >> moving to odessa, well, i never had been here before. it was dusty, but people were wonderful. >> george bush went to texas to build a career on his own instead of following in his father's foot steps. >> he told me he really didn't want to work with something you couldn't touch like banking or something. his family had done and maybe others, too. he was offered jobs by a lot of groups. proctor & gamble. >> they make a fine soap. >> george didn't apply. he wanted to go i think they trained. i think he really loved that feeling of doing something different. >> when i think back to midland, texas, i think of baseball. my dad was a very good baseball player. he was the captain of a successful yale baseball team. they went to the ncaa championship twice, badly lost both times. he was a good first baseman. i used to
bush the he would dest of george and barbara bush's five children. >> he could have stayed up, gone into wall street, settled into a very comfortable life. instead he packed up mother and me and moved out to odessa, texas and i always have admired him for his pioneering spirit. >> moving to odessa, well, i never had been here before. it was dusty, but people were wonderful. >> george bush went to texas to build a career on his own instead of following in his father's foot...
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this has to do with something that was brought up last week with barbara bush. they put the fear of the lord in the press and they would not get called back to the white house if they printed something that barbara bush was not in agreement with. barbara bush new her husband had been having an affair and so did a number of the press, but they would not acknowledge that. hillary clinton, she lied that she knew a lot of things. why do you suppose the press and the public would be much more willing to accept the grandmotherly barbara bush, who was very steely, as opposed to hillary clinton who was quite a bit more vulnerable? >> i am not sure i understand the question. hillary was furious that george bush reputedly had a gennifer, too. when i did an interview with hillary clinton, she interrupted and raised this issue that she had been sitting with the head of the atlanta newspaper and she brought this up. this woman said, why doesn't the media investigate george bush's gennifer? they are just going to circle the wagons because that is what the republicans do. she
this has to do with something that was brought up last week with barbara bush. they put the fear of the lord in the press and they would not get called back to the white house if they printed something that barbara bush was not in agreement with. barbara bush new her husband had been having an affair and so did a number of the press, but they would not acknowledge that. hillary clinton, she lied that she knew a lot of things. why do you suppose the press and the public would be much more...
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barbara bush has a large personality. when she first came to kennebunkport, she was said to say, what do you do? she said i read, i smoke, and i admire. that was her way of saying this is who i am and what i'm going to be doing, and i may not fit some mold. i think she respected very much her mother-in-law's life. barbara bush, for her part, has been very grateful to laura for settling down her boy. >> there is great mutual >> there is great mutual admiration. they are very different women, but i think that's right. i think barbara bush saw and laura bush the qualities of a great political partner, a great spouse for her husband as he embarked on a political career. daughters, jenna, merited, not in the white house -- married, not in the white house. they gave george and laura bush their first grandchild. barbara is a ceo of global health core. as we close, i would like to say thank you to our two guests. thank you for both of you for being care. taking our callers's question. we'll close with thoughts of the bush family.
barbara bush has a large personality. when she first came to kennebunkport, she was said to say, what do you do? she said i read, i smoke, and i admire. that was her way of saying this is who i am and what i'm going to be doing, and i may not fit some mold. i think she respected very much her mother-in-law's life. barbara bush, for her part, has been very grateful to laura for settling down her boy. >> there is great mutual >> there is great mutual admiration. they are very...
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it says a lot about him and about barbara bush. you know, it is a place for family and friends to be together. and that is the attraction of it. that is what you feel when you're there. >> you can see by his body actions and his words how important kennebunkport is to them. how important it is to him, the joys he gets of watching his grandchildren blossom into adults. and to see the success of his family, i think far exceeds any success that he has had in his life, which in my mind far exceeds anything that anybody else in our family has done. >> my husband is great. we have been married 65 years. and there is no dark side. truthfully. someti sometimes he makes me sort of mad but i have never been ashamed or embarrassed about him. and i have always been proud of him. >> george herbert walker bush met barbara pierce after the december 7th attack on pearl harbor. >> and george asked someone there do you know the girl in the red and green dress. >> beautiful girl -- >> no, he didn't say that. he said yeah, george said go cut in on her
it says a lot about him and about barbara bush. you know, it is a place for family and friends to be together. and that is the attraction of it. that is what you feel when you're there. >> you can see by his body actions and his words how important kennebunkport is to them. how important it is to him, the joys he gets of watching his grandchildren blossom into adults. and to see the success of his family, i think far exceeds any success that he has had in his life, which in my mind far...
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it says a lot about him and about barbara bush. you know, it is a place for family and friends to be together. and that is the attraction of it. that is what you feel when you're there. >> you can see by his body actions and his words how important kennebunkport is to them. how important it is to him, the joys he gets of watching his grandchildren blossom into adults. and to see the success of his family, i think far exceeds any success that he has had in his life, which in my mind far exceeds anything that anybody else in our family has done. >> my husband is great. we have been married 65 years. and there is no dark side. truthfully. someti sometimes he makes me sort of mad but i have never been ashamed or embarrassed about him. and i have always been proud of him. >> george herbert walker bush met barbara pierce after the december 7th attack on pearl harbor. >> and george asked someone there do you know the girl in the red and green dress. >> beautiful girl -- >> no, he didn't say that. he said yeah, george said go cut in on her
it says a lot about him and about barbara bush. you know, it is a place for family and friends to be together. and that is the attraction of it. that is what you feel when you're there. >> you can see by his body actions and his words how important kennebunkport is to them. how important it is to him, the joys he gets of watching his grandchildren blossom into adults. and to see the success of his family, i think far exceeds any success that he has had in his life, which in my mind far...
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of course, resident bush and barbara bush were there on our first night in the white house. all of us were in the house together that first night and we knew all the people there. rather, when88, inaugurated,h was january of 1989, the white house florist met little barbara and jenna, who were seven. when they got too cold at the parade and wanted to come into the white house before we had left the parade and president the and barbara had left parade, nancy clark, the white house florist, met them at the door and took them down into the lowest shop to make a little bouquet for their bedrooms where they were staying in the white house. a wonderful sense of security to already know everyone who works there and have a friendship with them. laura welch in midland texas in the 1950's, did you ever imagine a life that you have had? >> never. i never would have ever thought that i would live in the white house or expected to marry someone who would become president. i think that is what happens to a lot of people. things happen in your life that you do not expect. a lot of them are
of course, resident bush and barbara bush were there on our first night in the white house. all of us were in the house together that first night and we knew all the people there. rather, when88, inaugurated,h was january of 1989, the white house florist met little barbara and jenna, who were seven. when they got too cold at the parade and wanted to come into the white house before we had left the parade and president the and barbara had left parade, nancy clark, the white house florist, met...
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i think that barbara bush says she doesn't want a bush dynasty. it's too late. they already have one. >> on to hollywood where the kids, the famous people somehow get good roles themselves. actor will smith puts his kidslw in movies. >> never let somebody tell you that you can't do something. >> yeah, well. it's easier to do something if your father arranges it for you. >> hollywood is a kind of a family industry. there are not just in the actinw professions, but in directing, in stage craft --ng >> acting alone, drew barrymore the daughter of john.rym jerry and ben stiller, angelina jolie's father is jon voigt. the sheen family is interesting. martin sheen, charlie sheen, emilio essives. martin apparently was originally estevez, changed it to sheen. but martin and charlie are more famous than emilio. soou nepotism is work for them. >> nepotism works in hollywood.e americans are not an envious people. that is the hallmark ofat i americans. we're perfectly fine with michael douglas becoming a movie actor because he's talented. maybe the movie stars' kids have the
i think that barbara bush says she doesn't want a bush dynasty. it's too late. they already have one. >> on to hollywood where the kids, the famous people somehow get good roles themselves. actor will smith puts his kidslw in movies. >> never let somebody tell you that you can't do something. >> yeah, well. it's easier to do something if your father arranges it for you. >> hollywood is a kind of a family industry. there are not just in the actinw professions, but in...
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everything from barbara bush advocating family literacy to lady bird johnson advocating beautification. or what we would call conservation. cutt ladies have had projects and social advocacy issues that they have championed. of everye the cover magazine. they are in front of the media and they travel around the country. we have seen the expansion of the social advocacy and this project role. is robertguest watson, the author of "the presidents'wives." join ouruld like to conversation, the numbers are on your screen. i want to ask you technically about the office of the first lady. how much staff is there and what the budget is like? guest: good. the first lady that hired someone was john tyler second wife, julia, back in the 1840's. she was very young. one of the youngest in the history. she was only 24 when she married the widowed president. she was very elegant and popular. she was a hostess in the mold of dolly madison. her events were so well attended that she hired a journalist to come in and help her write catchy lines, something that she could say in a toast or a greeting. that w
everything from barbara bush advocating family literacy to lady bird johnson advocating beautification. or what we would call conservation. cutt ladies have had projects and social advocacy issues that they have championed. of everye the cover magazine. they are in front of the media and they travel around the country. we have seen the expansion of the social advocacy and this project role. is robertguest watson, the author of "the presidents'wives." join ouruld like to conversation,...
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>> the reporter said are you hillary clinton or barbara bush? i always just that i think i will be laura bush. i do laura bush pretty well having grown up as her. >> host: you have had the opportunity to host some of the sessions with the first ladies talking about the role and what you hear is the desire on the part of the public and the press to typecast and also the desire of the role to be their self despite the enormous pressure to be someone else. >> guest: i think they will always be compared. are you going to be a more traditional first lady or activist first lady like eleanor roosevelt? which one will you be and i think they'll put their unique stamp on the role. >> host: we have read a couple of times from laura bush's memoirs spoken from the heart. you have talked along the way that would have guarded individual she was. when you read her memoir did you learn any more about her than you knew from your reporting and biography? >> guest: was interesting hearing from her what she wants to reveal about who she is and what she really feels
>> the reporter said are you hillary clinton or barbara bush? i always just that i think i will be laura bush. i do laura bush pretty well having grown up as her. >> host: you have had the opportunity to host some of the sessions with the first ladies talking about the role and what you hear is the desire on the part of the public and the press to typecast and also the desire of the role to be their self despite the enormous pressure to be someone else. >> guest: i think they...
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bush, nancy reagan and truman. shortly after her husband's 1992 win, hillary can received this advice about dealing with reporters from first lady barbara bush. >> be hair of this crowd. you don't want to have anything to do with them and if you're going to be quoted, say it loud and clear that they are not to be trusted and hillary said to barbara bush, i've already had some experience with that. >> in the white house, the clintons squared off in the press over the firing of white house travel employees. investigations into white house counsel vince foster's suicide. the list went on. >> the clinton's felt they were being attacked over health care, over this so-called scandal in whitematt whitewater and in fact they hadn't done anything wrong in whitewater but they certainly handled it badly. and once again, this battle of noncandor was established. >> reporter: especially for hillary clinton, who was more guarded than her husband. in january 1995, after two years in the white house, she told her friend that she d
bush, nancy reagan and truman. shortly after her husband's 1992 win, hillary can received this advice about dealing with reporters from first lady barbara bush. >> be hair of this crowd. you don't want to have anything to do with them and if you're going to be quoted, say it loud and clear that they are not to be trusted and hillary said to barbara bush, i've already had some experience with that. >> in the white house, the clintons squared off in the press over the firing of white...
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barbara bush again says she hopes jeb bush does not run for president. how serious is he about running in 2016? guest: i hope he considers it. i got into politics because of poppa bush way back when he was running for president. i am governor centric these days. i would like to think the next president of the united states and future presidents will have been president. it is one thing to participate in the legislative process, and another to lead complex organizations. he has a tremendous track record as governor and great appeal to nontraditional constituencies. i have been at conferences with jeb as secretary. he is fascinated with people's ability to have a conversation to you and english and be bilingual and have the conversation and the spanish community. we'll be good politics. i do not know where his head and artist. they will have to align. he respects his mom, but i hope he considers it. i think he would be a welcomed candidate in the 2016. before you worry about the messenger in 2016, you have got to figure out what our messages and we have go
barbara bush again says she hopes jeb bush does not run for president. how serious is he about running in 2016? guest: i hope he considers it. i got into politics because of poppa bush way back when he was running for president. i am governor centric these days. i would like to think the next president of the united states and future presidents will have been president. it is one thing to participate in the legislative process, and another to lead complex organizations. he has a tremendous...
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>> barbara bush talked about it very candidly. and frankly help to clear away this dickman, much as mrs. ford did with alcohol and chemical ependency. i suspect pat nixon's life was probably not a laugh riot. >> louisa catherine adams, when er husband was going through impeachment, she was a reluctant warrior into politics. i think that was a very difficult and depressing time for her. >> when louisa lost an infant, her intellectual husband, acting utterly in character, responded by giving her a book on diseases of the mind. so if she wasn't depressed, she had every reason to be. remember, she discovered chocolate. she became a chocoholic, which afforded some relief at least. >> chocolate is a great thing. i'm curious who the panel thinks is the most intelligent first lady. i know mrs. obama is one of our most educated first ladies through the series, i now know nd i am oppressed with how smart lou hoover was an mrs. kennedy. who do you think is the brainiest? thank you, susan, and everyone at c-span, this has been a phenomenal se
>> barbara bush talked about it very candidly. and frankly help to clear away this dickman, much as mrs. ford did with alcohol and chemical ependency. i suspect pat nixon's life was probably not a laugh riot. >> louisa catherine adams, when er husband was going through impeachment, she was a reluctant warrior into politics. i think that was a very difficult and depressing time for her. >> when louisa lost an infant, her intellectual husband, acting utterly in character,...
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laura bush often says that she grateful toed and have barbara bush in this position before. it pattern of per -- a terrific position to be prepared. they are a big strong, loving family and they deeply respect each other. are there more women that were perhaps not that close? >> abigail was not too happy with louisa catherine. andonly foreign born that was a terrible strike against according to abigail. k plus, she had a very upper-class upbringing and abigail thought this was -- she was too much of what you call a fine lady for her son. not enough of a revolutionary. she had not been through this colder and -- cauldron of the revolution but louisa catherine was a very determined woman. she never stopped writing to her mother telling her what her son was doing and what a wonderful representative of the u.s. he was and how proud she was and what the children were doing. this went on for years. finally, abigail found -- figured out that this woman really had her son's best interest at heart and grew to love her. >> she never got to see her son become president. >> jim from pit
laura bush often says that she grateful toed and have barbara bush in this position before. it pattern of per -- a terrific position to be prepared. they are a big strong, loving family and they deeply respect each other. are there more women that were perhaps not that close? >> abigail was not too happy with louisa catherine. andonly foreign born that was a terrible strike against according to abigail. k plus, she had a very upper-class upbringing and abigail thought this was -- she was...
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bush school. for that mix a bit uneasy since he looks up to have my ears he said the study of viennese status not reached there. he also draws his inspiration from the paintings and life of mine steve dahl. one of its own life is full of prominent names as he has worked with celine deon period gabrielle and george moment. let's do it. the noble truths which an accord on a mostly available to listen to him of someone stealing your will and worship of the gospel as for the with many of the status performers. he's very enjoyable and easy. working with celine deon was easy. he was a highly processed our collaboration. her entire team was made out of skilled experts including the sound engineers and lighting the stands peter gabrielle and georgia girl in our outstanding pop musicians and singers. i enjoyed working with them as well go to the people who become fearful mote that is suing you for someone with some olive oil and oh yes and success of violence or get into sand is not the only try of the mus
bush school. for that mix a bit uneasy since he looks up to have my ears he said the study of viennese status not reached there. he also draws his inspiration from the paintings and life of mine steve dahl. one of its own life is full of prominent names as he has worked with celine deon period gabrielle and george moment. let's do it. the noble truths which an accord on a mostly available to listen to him of someone stealing your will and worship of the gospel as for the with many of the status...
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bush. prosecutors say benjamin smith threatened to kill former president so that he could go out with his daughter barbara bush. police arrested smith in new york yesterday morning while he was sitting in a car with a loaded rifle, machete and a container of gasoline. the man's mother called police when she found a threatening note. >> this morning police are trying to figure out how razor blades got into packages of butter in new jersey. customers say they found the blades in kerrygold butter. the supermarket pulled the kerrygold from its stores. >>> nasa face a lawsuit this morning because of a recent discovery on the surface of mars. last week nasa released pictures after finding mysterious rock. a california man claims it's actually a living thing and he's suing the space agency for failing to investigate it. he calls it negligent nasa didn't take any close up photos. nasa believes it's just a rock that the rover turned up out of the ground. >>> a closely watched trial on a defamation t
bush. prosecutors say benjamin smith threatened to kill former president so that he could go out with his daughter barbara bush. police arrested smith in new york yesterday morning while he was sitting in a car with a loaded rifle, machete and a container of gasoline. the man's mother called police when she found a threatening note. >> this morning police are trying to figure out how razor blades got into packages of butter in new jersey. customers say they found the blades in kerrygold...
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eisenhower, barbara bush are first ladies who could have done more. clearly eleanor roosevelt stands out. abigail adams, dolly madison, really before the era of partisan politics took place as we know it today, but there is a small bias that we can perceive amongst these historians and political scientists. >> one other thing is that a lot of these first ladies on the top 10 list are within our lifetime beginning with jacqueline kennedy, hillary rosalynn, betty ford. is there another bias for contemporary first ladies? >> these first ladies are better known to all of our historians but they also had a much more wider and important role in the modern era than some of the early first ladies. still, it's north wotey to see some of the early first ladies, be a game adams, dolley madison clearly played important roles. martha washington makes the list. so we're not without the early first ladies, but many of the first ladies and some of the ones who fall in the bottom line during the civil war era with the notable exception of mary lincoln, are little know
eisenhower, barbara bush are first ladies who could have done more. clearly eleanor roosevelt stands out. abigail adams, dolly madison, really before the era of partisan politics took place as we know it today, but there is a small bias that we can perceive amongst these historians and political scientists. >> one other thing is that a lot of these first ladies on the top 10 list are within our lifetime beginning with jacqueline kennedy, hillary rosalynn, betty ford. is there another bias...
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you think john is a danger here of americans as barbara bush has pointed out getting tired of the clintons and the bushes yes i think there's a danger of that of course that there's less danger from the perspective of either of the candidates of jeb bush runs against hillary clinton they sort of cancel each other out that way terms of the. terms of the voter fatigue of the people be angry about it but somebody is going to win that race you know we talk a little bit before about the use of bill clinton is a as a surrogate on the trail it's something we really go into in depth in the book we talk about some of the possible republican candidates as well i think you know chris christie's recent troubles in new jersey may have opened up for jeb bush and i think jeb bush is a candidate that the clintons fear a little bit but is jeb bush's difficulty going to be amy the tea party if he wants to run the he's not going to get their support. i think that for a little part of it definitely i think they you know if they if they need to come to an agreement about what kind of candidate they want i thin
you think john is a danger here of americans as barbara bush has pointed out getting tired of the clintons and the bushes yes i think there's a danger of that of course that there's less danger from the perspective of either of the candidates of jeb bush runs against hillary clinton they sort of cancel each other out that way terms of the. terms of the voter fatigue of the people be angry about it but somebody is going to win that race you know we talk a little bit before about the use of bill...
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i think it is interesting barbara bush says she doesn't want a bush dynasty, it is too late. they already have one. >> on to hollywood the kids of famous people get good roles himself. >> actor will smith put his kids in movies. >> don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. >> yeah, well, easier to do something if your father arranges it for you. >> hollywood is a kind of family industry. they are not just in the acting professions but in directing, in stage. >> acting alone. there are the dru bare -- drew barrymore, angelina jolie's father is jon voight. the sheen family is interesting. martin sheen, charlie sheen, emilio estevez. martin was originalliest vez changed it to sheen. martin and charlie are more famous than emilio. nepotism is working for them. >> nepotism works in hollywood. americans are not an envious people. that is the hallmark of america. we are fine with michael douglas becoming a movie actor because he's talented maybe the movie star kids have their parent's acting genes. >> maybe they really are good actors. >> the today show used to be a b
i think it is interesting barbara bush says she doesn't want a bush dynasty, it is too late. they already have one. >> on to hollywood the kids of famous people get good roles himself. >> actor will smith put his kids in movies. >> don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. >> yeah, well, easier to do something if your father arranges it for you. >> hollywood is a kind of family industry. they are not just in the acting professions but in directing,...
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and hillary said to barbara bush, i've already had some experience with that. >> reporter: in the white house, the clintons squared off against the press over the firing of white house travel office employees. investigations into white house counsel vince foster's suicide. the list went on. >> the clintons felt like they were being attacked over health care, over this so-called scandal and whitewater and, in fact, they really hadn't done anything wrong. in whitewater, but they sure had handled it badly. once again, this pattern of noncandor was established. >> reporter: especially for hillary clinton, who was more guarded than her husband. in january, 1995, after two years in the white house, she told her friend that she did not know how history could be written on bill clinton's presidency with media reports being so wrong. diane blair wrote, "she said there was hardly a news story that she couldn't totally refute." brianna keilar, cnn, washington. >>> let's check in now with cnn's john king in washington for a look at what's coming up this morning on "inside politics." morning, john.
and hillary said to barbara bush, i've already had some experience with that. >> reporter: in the white house, the clintons squared off against the press over the firing of white house travel office employees. investigations into white house counsel vince foster's suicide. the list went on. >> the clintons felt like they were being attacked over health care, over this so-called scandal and whitewater and, in fact, they really hadn't done anything wrong. in whitewater, but they sure...
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former first lady barbara bush. he faces a test days >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> good morning. 8:25 on your wednesday. get you updated on some headlines around the bay area now. more water restrictions going into effect to deal with the drought. the valley water district in santa clara county asking for a voluntary 20% reduction in water use and in the city of calistoga up north that 20% reduction is now mandatory. we have some relief, though. storm 1 already here. storm 2 is brewing, lawrence. >>> it sure is. this storm today is going to be a nice soaker. some parts of the bay area maybe one to two inches of rain in wettest spots lesser amounts in the valley. still the rain making its way onshore. looking toward san jose we are seeing showers there now but it will continue to pick up as we head throughout the day. hi-def doppler radar starting to light up very nicely right now. in fact, we're seeing a lot of yellows and reds out there into parts of the east bay. you can see the bands that ar
former first lady barbara bush. he faces a test days >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> good morning. 8:25 on your wednesday. get you updated on some headlines around the bay area now. more water restrictions going into effect to deal with the drought. the valley water district in santa clara county asking for a voluntary 20% reduction in water use and in the city of calistoga up north that 20% reduction is now mandatory. we have some relief, though. storm 1...
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i have to slay a dragon and barbara bush is mine. they found a machete and gas in his car. threatening the president is a federal crime. >>> there is time to pick up a big screen tv before the big game. and inside best buy to find out on the market what is the best tv that you buy to watch football. >>> police are beefing up operations and urging residents to be vigilant about looking up cars. at 11, why. [dad] [laughs] [boy] mom! [mom] yes? [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom] you've got two left feet,boo. >>> today marks the anniversary of the space shuttle columbia disaster. it was back on february 1, 2003 that it t broke apart. and the accident investigation board determined that the cause of the accident was a piece of insulation foam that broke off and struck the wing. all members were killed. >>> and drug cases in florida are in jeopardy now that the state lab technician is under investigation for tam perking with evidence. a chemist replaced pills with over the counter medicine. the chemist worked on 2600 cases in 35 countie
i have to slay a dragon and barbara bush is mine. they found a machete and gas in his car. threatening the president is a federal crime. >>> there is time to pick up a big screen tv before the big game. and inside best buy to find out on the market what is the best tv that you buy to watch football. >>> police are beefing up operations and urging residents to be vigilant about looking up cars. at 11, why. [dad] [laughs] [boy] mom! [mom] yes? [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom and...
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>>> we are what barbara bush said recently about having more bushes in public office that maybe it is time for other families to step up. >> if we can't find more than two or three families to run for high office, that's silly. the clintons, kennedys, bushes, there is more family than that. >> apparently, one of her grandson es is not listening, george p. bush, jeb's son, is running for land commissioner. winning that office could set the stage for another bush, another george bush in national politics. alan lippmann, there was that famous quote when ted kennedy ran for senate. he said, if your name was edward moore, not edward kennedy, your candidacy would be a joke. we're not saying that they are not accomplished in their own right. it is hard to imagine them being in the position they are in if they didn't have the names that they had. >> you are absolutely right. as we know, edward kennedy went on to become one of the greatest senators in the history of the couldn't interest i. he wouldn't have been elected. the country would have been greatly deprived. we don't have an aristocrac
>>> we are what barbara bush said recently about having more bushes in public office that maybe it is time for other families to step up. >> if we can't find more than two or three families to run for high office, that's silly. the clintons, kennedys, bushes, there is more family than that. >> apparently, one of her grandson es is not listening, george p. bush, jeb's son, is running for land commissioner. winning that office could set the stage for another bush, another...
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>> now, governor bush also addressed comments that were made by his mother, former first lady barbara bush who said she hopes her son does not run. watch this. >> yeah, she promised me she wouldn't keep saying this. but she's 89 years old. if you have elderly parents or grandparents, you know that -- they speak their mind. >> all right, here with reaction. mayor rudy giuliani. what does this look like to you? >> to me like dreamland. i remember this place before i was mayor in, '92, '93, '94. >> i remember, porn, heshookers drug dealers. >> now disney behind us. >> crossroads of the world. where people come more often. the center. and, it's fabulous. you should have this set every night? >> you know what, i hope they're listening. i'm with you. we had a lot of fun down with joe theismann throwing the football. is jeb, does he have difficulty because his dad and brother were president? >> first let me say he is a remarkably well qualified. if you had asked me would i be comfortable with him as president of the united states. wow, yeah. i know him for a long, long time. everybody has di
>> now, governor bush also addressed comments that were made by his mother, former first lady barbara bush who said she hopes her son does not run. watch this. >> yeah, she promised me she wouldn't keep saying this. but she's 89 years old. if you have elderly parents or grandparents, you know that -- they speak their mind. >> all right, here with reaction. mayor rudy giuliani. what does this look like to you? >> to me like dreamland. i remember this place before i was...
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everything from barbara bush advocating family literacy to lady bird johnson advocating beautification. or what we would call conservation. cutt ladies have had projects and social advocacy issues that they have championed. of everye the cover magazine. they are in front of the media and they travel around the country. we have seen the expansion of the social advocacy and this project role. is robertguest watson, the author of "the presidents'wives." join ouruld like to conversation, the numbers are on your screen. i want to ask you technically about the office of the first lady. how much staff is there and what the budget is like? guest: good. the first lady that hired someone was john tyler second wife, julia, back in the 1840's. she was very young. one of the youngest in the history. she was only 24 when she married the widowed president. she was very elegant and popular. she was a hostess in the mold of dolly madison. her events were so well attended that she hired a journalist to come in and help her write catchy lines, something that she could say in a toast or a greeting. that w
everything from barbara bush advocating family literacy to lady bird johnson advocating beautification. or what we would call conservation. cutt ladies have had projects and social advocacy issues that they have championed. of everye the cover magazine. they are in front of the media and they travel around the country. we have seen the expansion of the social advocacy and this project role. is robertguest watson, the author of "the presidents'wives." join ouruld like to conversation,...
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>> now, governor bush addressed comments made by his mother former first lady barbara bush who said she hopes her son does not run. watch this. >> yes. she promised me she won't keep saying this. but she's 89 years old if you have elderly parents you know they speak their minds. >> here with reaction is former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani. what does this look like to you? >> dreamland i remember this place before i was mayor in 91, 92, 93 filled with porn, drug dealers. >> now it's fabulous. it truly is the cross roads of the world thchl is the center. >> you should have this set every night. >> i hope you're listening and i'm with you. i'd love to do it. we had fun with the football. is jeb, does he have difficulties because his dad and brother were president? >> he's remarkably well qualified. if you had to ask me would i be comfortable with the president of the united states? yes. i known him a long, long time. everybody has difficulties. we can go through all ten candidates on each side they have pluses, minuses. >> i don't think there is one on democratic side she has some of
>> now, governor bush addressed comments made by his mother former first lady barbara bush who said she hopes her son does not run. watch this. >> yes. she promised me she won't keep saying this. but she's 89 years old if you have elderly parents you know they speak their minds. >> here with reaction is former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani. what does this look like to you? >> dreamland i remember this place before i was mayor in 91, 92, 93 filled with porn, drug...
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bush children's hospital here in portland, maine. >> oh, you big softy. talk to me about pink. why was it pink that was chosen? >> well, i tell you what. the brothers at that i rode with, with the combat vets motorcycle association in bangor, had a bet if the patriots lost to the broncos, they were going to shave their heads. and it was minus 20 degrees down here in portland, and there was no way i was losing anymore hair. i said, i'll go ahead and dye the beard for them. and they wanted me to die it orange. for the broncos. >> that's a good look. >> huh? >> orange would be a good look. >> that's the broncos colors. >> that was the broncos' color and i really didn't want to wear a broncos' color. i would rather dye it pink. so -- and that's how i came to choose pink. it's just one of those colors, and it's kind of kitchcatchy. >> steve, are you sure it grows out? >> it's going to be quite a look when it grows out. >> this is going to be fantastic. right now i'm wearing a washable dye. >> okay. >> it comes off with just soap and water. but since this thing
bush children's hospital here in portland, maine. >> oh, you big softy. talk to me about pink. why was it pink that was chosen? >> well, i tell you what. the brothers at that i rode with, with the combat vets motorcycle association in bangor, had a bet if the patriots lost to the broncos, they were going to shave their heads. and it was minus 20 degrees down here in portland, and there was no way i was losing anymore hair. i said, i'll go ahead and dye the beard for them. and they...
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>> barbara bush was 11th and her daughter in law laura bush was 12th and nancy reagan was 15th. >> 15th. these are historians that look back and try to make the determinations. as you say based on these various factors? a lot is so subjective. >> they had a separate set for ranking just the modern first ladies. on effectively managing family life in the white house, michelle obama won by a lot. she doubled up on jackie kennedy who got 22% for doing that. other categories like who had the best legacy and best service. eleanor roosevelt won, but hillary clinton was almost second in every category. that was interesting. one other is who can you most see as president and guess who won. hillary clinton. eleanor roosevelt had 39%. not a ranking of how much in each case abu , but 69%. >> the girls are in college, maybe it's time for me to -- harvard law grad. maybe she will run. >> she said she doesn't want to run for office, but she wants to do something. >> coming up, a very different subject. online dating always had critics out there, but the tide seems to be turning right now. taking a cl
>> barbara bush was 11th and her daughter in law laura bush was 12th and nancy reagan was 15th. >> 15th. these are historians that look back and try to make the determinations. as you say based on these various factors? a lot is so subjective. >> they had a separate set for ranking just the modern first ladies. on effectively managing family life in the white house, michelle obama won by a lot. she doubled up on jackie kennedy who got 22% for doing that. other categories like...
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barbara bush has said it is time for someone outside the bush family to run for national office. at this hour, there are signs that her son, jeb, might be generally interested in a presidential bid in 2016. >> he has been a bit coy in the past. he has never said outwardly outride no. sources tell our john king he is making calls to republican movers and shakers asking questions that serious candidates ask. bush is speak at an event today in long island where presidents and candidates have spoken including his own father and brother. our national prit political reporter, peter hamby is here. >> could it be that bush is thinking, chris christie is not looking so terribly hot. is this a good time to strike while the iron is hot? >> that is certainly part of it. they are looking around for a different, quote, unquote, establishment, alternative. in republican politics, there is nobody who knows how hard it is to run for president of the united states more than jeb bush. his father did it, his brother did it. so this could be read as him doing due diligence. this doesn't mean he is go
barbara bush has said it is time for someone outside the bush family to run for national office. at this hour, there are signs that her son, jeb, might be generally interested in a presidential bid in 2016. >> he has been a bit coy in the past. he has never said outwardly outride no. sources tell our john king he is making calls to republican movers and shakers asking questions that serious candidates ask. bush is speak at an event today in long island where presidents and candidates have...
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. >> besides barbara bush, what other first ladies have you studied and have adapted their style or not adapted their style? >> you really do study all of the first ladies when you live there. you live with their decorating choices, their furniture, the effects of their lives at the white house. certainly, in times that are tough, like hours after september 11, you think about the other families and how they coped with what was happening then. certainly, lincoln is the one you think about the most, the worst time in our countries history, when brother fought against brother and mary todd lincoln was very unhappy. her brothers fought for the confederacy and she wished them dead and they did die. and then they lost a child while they lived there as well. you can imagine what it was like for her to have those tragedies and you knew what it was like for him as well. time when ourat a country was at war with itself. things that is comforting about living there with all of the history that you live with is that you see how we have overcome, in our country, the challenges that we face. you thi
. >> besides barbara bush, what other first ladies have you studied and have adapted their style or not adapted their style? >> you really do study all of the first ladies when you live there. you live with their decorating choices, their furniture, the effects of their lives at the white house. certainly, in times that are tough, like hours after september 11, you think about the other families and how they coped with what was happening then. certainly, lincoln is the one you think...
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i think the great thing about jeb bush, i just keep thinking about barbara bush and her comments, there must be other families out there. the reason i just think that comment so interesting is because that's how a lot of the public feels, too. they look at clintons and the bushes and say really? is that it? >> hold on. his mother's comment about not wanting jeb to run i don't think is quite prohibitive. i think it actually lets jeb bush say, ha-ha, i even have to convince my mom. second of all and more subtly, it underscores the fact this is not some sort of inside family deal to restore the bushes to power but there are in fact folks in the family who don't want this to happen. >> i've heard also over the last week that as this christie scandal has unfolded, that people on jeb's team have been quietly reaching out to donors, having these conversations that christie really isn't having right now. he's not doing as much as he should be perhaps to reach out and feel what's going on. >> the problem for jeb bush is that he of all people knows that actually running for president is not joyfu
i think the great thing about jeb bush, i just keep thinking about barbara bush and her comments, there must be other families out there. the reason i just think that comment so interesting is because that's how a lot of the public feels, too. they look at clintons and the bushes and say really? is that it? >> hold on. his mother's comment about not wanting jeb to run i don't think is quite prohibitive. i think it actually lets jeb bush say, ha-ha, i even have to convince my mom. second...
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you may not find that in the laura bush or barbara bush policies. they were worried, she was worried that the cbo might, quote, screw them. this administration has gone through that. every administration goes through that. we've never had a candidate in the digital age who has everything about her. her husband administration and the records are available. she's never been a candidate we think we know so well, yet there's a huge resource of information that we may still learn things. >> a.b.? >> i think it's interesting what it reveals about the health care debate because it really goes through the tension with congress, the fact that you're not really going to keep your doctor or the fact that corporations are going to go up, not down. and it's interesting timing because this week she actually came out, which surprised me, earlier than i expected, early in 2014, before the midterm election when she's apparently going to be making a decision about the presidential run, to start bucking up president obama's health care law. i thought it was very inter
you may not find that in the laura bush or barbara bush policies. they were worried, she was worried that the cbo might, quote, screw them. this administration has gone through that. every administration goes through that. we've never had a candidate in the digital age who has everything about her. her husband administration and the records are available. she's never been a candidate we think we know so well, yet there's a huge resource of information that we may still learn things. >>...
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. >> this it is barbara bush's point. if it's clinton busch again how are you going forward? >> watching developments around hillary clinton, you know, i hope the message that they got from the '07 and '08 was we didn't do inevitability inevitably enough. >> that's pretty good. >> i spent time thinking about it. >> he's just riffing >> i didn't write this. what i mean by that is, democrats and americans want to see not that you can get a super pac to align with you and not that you can get big donors aligned with you, but do you have an american vision, a vision for how america fits into the world and what the role we want to see ourselves play. >> all right. >> at home and abroad. i think that's the reen onus on her. >> we're going to take a break. i've got an interesting conversation about the future of football coming up. coming up next here, the investigation into the bridge scandal. will new chajs by a one-time close christie ali be a game changer? i'll speak with a man leading the investigation. and the threat to the future of ♪ [ male announcer ] if we could see ener
. >> this it is barbara bush's point. if it's clinton busch again how are you going forward? >> watching developments around hillary clinton, you know, i hope the message that they got from the '07 and '08 was we didn't do inevitability inevitably enough. >> that's pretty good. >> i spent time thinking about it. >> he's just riffing >> i didn't write this. what i mean by that is, democrats and americans want to see not that you can get a super pac to align...
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no first lady is a runway choice as for those who could have done more, but laura bush, barbara bush are all mentioned as first ladies who could have done more. clearly eleanor roosevelt stands out. a couple of the early first the era oflly before partisan politics took place as we know it today. a small bias that we can perceive amongst these historians and political scientists. >> one other thing is that a lot of these first ladies on the top 10 list are within our lifetime, beginning with jacqueline kennedy, michelle obama, hillary clinton, lady bird johnson, roselyn carter, betty ford. bias in thereer for contemporary first ladies? >> >> i think so. these first ladies are better known to historians. also, they had a much more wider and important role in the modern era that some of the early first ladies. it is noteworthy to see that abigail adams, dolly madison clearly played important roles. watch washington -- martha washington makes the list. many of the first ladies and some of the ones who fall in the bottom five during the civil war era, with the notable exception of mary l
no first lady is a runway choice as for those who could have done more, but laura bush, barbara bush are all mentioned as first ladies who could have done more. clearly eleanor roosevelt stands out. a couple of the early first the era oflly before partisan politics took place as we know it today. a small bias that we can perceive amongst these historians and political scientists. >> one other thing is that a lot of these first ladies on the top 10 list are within our lifetime, beginning...
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no first lady is a runway choice as for those who could have done more, but laura bush, barbara bush are all mentioned as first ladies who could have done more. clearly eleanor roosevelt stands out. a couple of the early first ladies, really before the era of partisan politics took place as we know it today. there is a small bias that we can perceive amongst these historians and political scientists. >> one other thing is that a lot of these first ladies on the top 10 list are within our lifetime, beginning with jacqueline kennedy, michelle obama, hillary clinton, lady bird johnson, roselyn carter, betty ford. is there another bias in there for contemporary first ladies? >> i think so. these first ladies are certainly far better known to all of our historians. also, they had a much more wider and important role in the modern era that some of the early first ladies. it is noteworthy to see that abigail adams, dolly madison clearly played important roles. martha washington makes the list. many of the first ladies and some of the ones who fall in the bottom five during the civil war era
no first lady is a runway choice as for those who could have done more, but laura bush, barbara bush are all mentioned as first ladies who could have done more. clearly eleanor roosevelt stands out. a couple of the early first ladies, really before the era of partisan politics took place as we know it today. there is a small bias that we can perceive amongst these historians and political scientists. >> one other thing is that a lot of these first ladies on the top 10 list are within our...